Advertising apparatus.



t1. DAHN & P. BECKER. ADVERTISING APPARATUS.

'APPLIGATION'IILED JUNE 6.1907.

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H. DAHN & P. BECKER. ADVERTISING APPARATUS.

APPLIOATIQN FILED JUNE 6,1907.

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ADVERTISING APPARATUS.

To all whom mar concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY DAHN, a citi-fl BECKER, a subject of theGerman Em eror,

and residents of Edgewater, county 0 Bergen, and State of New Jersey,and New York,

county and State of New York, respectively, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Advertising Apparatus, of which the followingis a specification.

The present invention ertains to adver cigar and cigarette manufacturersand dealers, andconsists in the arrangement of a hollow bodyrepresenting a human head or a crescent with the features of aman in it,representing the-man in the moon, holding in its mouth a cigar, andconnected with a device by means of'which periodically smoke raised froma. receptacle containing burning to bacco is discharged through themouth of the head so as to make it appear as if the head were smoking.Connected with the head, are a number of incandescent lamps of which apart are arranged on the outline of the head or crescent and a artin'the eyeholes representing'the eyebal s, and one at the forward end ofthe cigar.

The smok'e'raising and controlling apparatus consists of one ormoretobacco receptacles constructed in form of-tobacco pipes to containtobacco of which, when ignited, the

smoke will be raised into a smoke receptacle by a r pumps operated froma suitable elec tro-motor. 'The smoke receptacle is con- 'nected' bymeans of a valve and a pipe With the hollow body, the pipe terminatmg atthe rear pf the cigar,-at w ich there is a small opening for thedischarge of the smoke. The

valve is operated from the electro-motor by suitable transmission means,that simultaneously control an electric switch to periodically close andbreak the circuit of the electric current feeding the incandescentlights of-the hollow body. The smoke raising and controlling mechanismis inclosed in a box arranged at the rear of the hollowbody'representing the head, which box'is adapted to be secured tothewall of a structure.

To make my invention more clear, the same is illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which similar reference numerals denotecorresponding parts, and in which- Figure 1 is a side view of theadvertising fa pparatus; Fig. 2 a top plan view thereof;

1g. 3 is a verticalsection of the box showing Specification of LettersPatent. Application filed. June 6, .907. Serial No. 377,516.

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detail.

With reference to the draw'in 1 repre 1;

sents a hollow crescent body with t e features of a man, 2 is a cigarshaped piece rojecting. from within the mouth of the b0 y. 3 frame orbox to which the hollow body 1-.

secured and which is adapted to-befixedto the wall 4 of a structure.This box has a door 5 and has. attached inside to its rear wall thesmoke raising and controlling mech-. anism. This mechanism consists ofan ele'c tro-motor6 which by means of a Worm 7 on its shaft 7 drives aworm gear 8 mounted on a double crank shaft 9 revolubly sup orted inbrackets 10. Driven from the cran s 11, 11 of the said crank shaft '9,which are arranged atan angle of 180 to each other, are

air pl @Eac.

mps 12, 12 of ordinary construction. pump is provided with suotionandthe smoke raising and controlling a ara t us Fig. 4 is a cross sectionthereof,and 1g. 51s a i pressure valves 13, 1.3 that communicate with apipe 14 which terminates in a receptacle 15. Midway between the pum s,

ipe 14 is branched off, the branch plpe 14 eading into receptacles 16,16' of which each has a separate manuall controllable valve 17, 17 Thesereceptac es 16,16 whichmay be constructed in form of tobacco pipes, withperforated covers 18, 18 are to contain toacco of which, when ignited,the smoke will alternately be drawn by the air pum s '12,

12 through branch pipe 14, .and forced throu 11 mm 14 into the smokereceptacle 15. r t t e upper end the latter is provided with an exitpipe .19 and valve 20,the pipe 19 leading into the hollow body 1 andterminating at the rear of the cigar 2 to allow of the smoke beingperiodically discharged through the mouth.

The operation of .the valve 20 is attained by the following means: Thecrank shaft 9 bears a worm 21 which meshes with a worm gear 22 mountedon a vertical shaft 23 1'0- tatively: supported in brackets 24, 24.Rigidly mounted on-said shaft 23 is a disk 25 the circumference of whichis provided with a numb'er of cam shapedprojections 26. of yariouslengths. This cam disk is adapted to operate a spring actuated crankbell lever 27 the drawing, and which by the swingin of the lever arm2-8-are periodically closer or opened to close and break the circuit ofthe draw and press the smoke of the burn'ingt'o bacco into thereceptacle 15. The motor also operates the lever 27, 28 thatperiodically by virtue of the cam projections 26 will open and close thevalve so as to emit a longer or shorter puff. Simultaneously -with theemission of the pufi's, the lever will in swinging, operate theswitchboard by closing and breaking the circuit through the contactpieces 30, 30 and 31, 31 respectively to ight the lamps around the image'or those in the eyeholes and at the end of the cigar.

It will be understood that the construc-- tion described and shown maybe differently modified without deviating from the spirit of ourinvention.

What we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The improved advertising apparatus, comprising a hollow bodyrepresenting a smoking image, means for producing smoke, a receptacle toreceive the smoke, air pumps for raising the smoke into the saidreceptacle, an electro motor for driving said air pump, a valve and pipeconnection of the said receptacle with the hollow body, a cam diskhaving cam projections of diverse lengths and driven fromv the electromotor, a bell crank lever operated by said cam disk and connected withthe above named valve to periodically discharge the smoke from ,the

receptacle into the hollow body and through the open mouth thereof,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The improved advertising apparatus,

comprising a hollow body representing a smoking image, ,a tobaccoreceptacle adapted to contaln burning tobacco, air pumps for producingand raising the smoke from said tobacco receptacle, a receptacle toreceive the smoke, an electro motor for driving'said air pumps, a valveand pipe connection of the receptacle with the hollow body, a cam diskhaving cam projectionsofdiverse lengths and operated from said electromotor, a bell the outline of the image, and

crank lever operated by said cam disk and board for controllingtheelectric circuit of, the current feeding said li hts, means forproducing smoke, areceptac e to receive the smoke, means for raising thesmoke into the receptacle, a valve and pipe connection of the latterwith the hollow body, and means for simultaneously controlling the saidvalve and the switchboard to periodically discharge longer or shorterpuffs of smoke. from the receptacle into the hollow body and through theopen mouth thereof, and to alternately close and open the circuits ofthe incandes cent li hts of the said'hollow body, substantially as andfor the purpose specified.

4. In an improved advertising apparatus, the combination with a'hollowbodyrepresenting a smoking image, of incandescent lights secured to saidbody, electric connections for saidlights, a switchboard for controllingthe electric circuit of the current feeding said lights, a frame or boxcarrying said hollow body, and containing the smoke producing andraising mechanism on the said switchboard, the mechanism consisting ofmeans for producing smoke, a receptacle to receive the smoke, means forraising the smoke into the receptacle, a valve and pipe connection ofthe latter with the hollow body, and means for simultaneouslycontrolling the said valve and the switchboard'to periodically dischargelonger or shorter puffs of smoke from the receptacle into the hollowbody and through the open mouth thereof, and to alternately close andopen the circuits of the incandescent lights of the said hollow body,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

Signed at New York this 5 day of June,

- HENRY DAHN.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH E. CAVANAUGH, MAX D. ORDMANN.

FREDERICK BECKER.

